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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator buy while waiting for the clothes to dry?
(a) Four cassettes.
(b) Four gateaux.
(c) Four videos.
(d) Four beers.

2. What does the Colonel give the narrator to help in walking through the snow?
(a) Ski poles.
(b) A walking stick.
(c) Snow boots.
(d) Snowshoes.

3. Why doesn't the Librarian want the narrator to go to the Power Station?
(a) She's heard the Power Station is dangerous.
(b) It's in the Woods.
(c) She's heard the Caretaker is dangerous.
(d) She's never been there before.

4. What does the narrator eat with his beer at the beer hall after buying his new clothes?
(a) Chips.
(b) A burger.
(c) A pretzel.
(d) Oysters.

5. What does the shadow guess is the reason the narrator doesn't want to leave?
(a) The beasts.
(b) The Gatekeeper.
(c) The Librarian.
(d) The Colonel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does the narrator quote when the librarian asks how he sees himself?

2. Where does the shadow tell the narrator they're going?

3. What effect does the whiskey have on the narrator in Chapter 27?

4. Where is the shadow when the narrator comes to visit him at the beginning of Chapter 32?

5. What does the librarian notice about the narrator's statements during dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Librarian say the accordion is "the key" in Chapter 36?

2. Explain the parallels between the video game the narrator plays at the beginning of Chapter 35 and his life.

3. What does the chubby girl plan to do once the narrator loses consciousness, and why?

4. What does the narrator tell the librarian about why he got divorced?

5. Given what the narrator tells his shadow about why he plans to stay, what do you think he plans to do with his time in the Town?

6. Why does the librarian wake the narrator up in the middle of the night at the beginning of Chapter 37? Explain what happens and how the librarian and narrator react.

7. Describe how the narrator's shadow is living at the beginning of Chapter 32.

8. What doubts about leaving the Town does the narrator voice to his shadow in Chapter 32?

9. What does the narrator do after arriving in his apartment in Chapter 31?

10. How does the Caretaker of the Power Station feel about the musical instruments?

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